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Oyetola to Inaugurate 11-Man Committee to Reposition Osun APC

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Oyetola to Inaugurate 11-Man Committee to Reposition Osun APC The Immediate past    Governor Osun State, Adegboyega Oyetola, will tomorrow, Monday, May 1, inaugurate 11-man Committee that would x-ray the activities of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the State in recent times and suggest means and ways to reposition the party for effective Committee . A statement released by the media aide to the former governor, Ismail Omipidan on Sunday in Osogbo dislcosed that the inauguration is expected to take place at the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Office in Osogbo by 2pm. INSTANTnews understands that the Committee is to be chaired by former Health Minister, Prof. Isaac Adewole. Omipidan further said the Committee was birthed following a series of meetings held between Mr Oyetola and critical stakeholders within the party, including the Igbimo Agba (Elders Council). “The terms of reference for the committee will be reeled out by my Principal ( Oyetola) at the formal inauguration of ...

Oyo APC: How We Lost 2019, 2023 Elections By | Asimiyu Alarape

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Oyo APC: How We Lost 2019, 2023 Elections By | Asimiyu Alarape Many The social media and various other medium of communication have been inundated by several positions, interpretation of facts, distortion of facts, misrepresentation, smear campaign, backbiting, backslapping, intrigues, near truth and falsehood that has come to be the bane of seemingly great party, dwindling its electoral fortune in the state within the period in consideration in Oyo State APC. In retrospect, 2018 APC congresses in Oyo State resulted in sharp division within the party which led to the creation of unity group and eventual porting of most members of this group to another party, Advance Democratic Congress (ADC) and some amongst them who stayed back in the party constituted themselves into a mole that work against the party from within. The resultant effect of this was the dismal performance of APC in the 2019 elections which saw the leader and the incumbent governor then losing his polling unit and senato...

JUST-IN: Again, FG postpones national Census

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JUST-IN: Again, FG postpones national Census The 2023 Population and Housing Census has been postponed once more by the federal government. The decision was made on Friday during a meeting between President Muhammadu Buhari and Nasir Isa Kwarra, Chairman of the National Population Commission (NPC), according to a reliable source who talked with Daily Trust on Saturday. The source, who asked to remain anonymous because he was not authorized to communicate with the media, said the postponement was made because of difficulties the commission is having in conducting the exercise smoothly. While he did not disclose the challenges to our reporter, the commission had previously suspended the training of adhoc staff who would carry out population count due to finance and logistic issues. But when asked if a new date has been fixed, he said he can’t reveal it as the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, will make a broadcast on it today. Recall that the Census was earlier scheduled...